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This is something that has always fascinated me regarding the US, there's so many workers standing around providing "service". Greeters, baggers and what not, m
by Gwypaas 5y ago
This is something that has always fascinated me regarding the US, there's so many workers standing around providing "service". Greeters, baggers and what not, maybe this has changed in recent years since I last visited, and previously lived in the US.
Something in Scandinavia which usually would be operated by a single person, likely teenager, instead has 2 or 3 people hanging around.
- Talanes 5y agoGrocery baggers, at least, are actually the stores main gofer people. Bagging is done to either make lines move faster during busy periods or as a default position when there's nothing to do, but they also handle go-backs, grabbing products that customers couldn't find, cart return, and restock on the high volume areas.
- Gwypaas 5y agoThe cashier or customer manages all that in your regular Scandinavian grocery store. The cashier has two "lanes" so two customers can bag simultaneously, if that is too slow they'll just leave a third pile up and close and hope it's a small order, or see which side goes fastest. Never a problem. For the few go backs the cashiers has a tiny stash. For the rare question you likely have to find someone restocking somewhere in the store and ask, otherwise their time is wasted. If you forget something, well pay and put the bag(s) by the cashier and go back in yourself. I guess someone sometimes are sent on cart-return or rebalancing. Though we tend to place those out by the cars so you grab them outside and then put them back by your car when done.